It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and 802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10754
Reference (s):
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10754
- FEDORA:FEDORA-2020-ace543feff
- URL: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/44FTVXWKDYIAMOOP2PZMUY3D2QNWAVBZ/